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History
Today, the language is known as an endangered language. In particular, UNESCO refers to it as a "definitely endangered" language with approximately 80,000 speakers. It also does not have official language status in Iran. This is because Iran only recognizes Persian as an official language. However, Iran allows the use of minority languages, such as Lari, in the media and the education system (alongside Persian and Arabic). Nevertheless, Lari remains an endangered language with many dialectal differences gradually disappearing because of the domination of Persian.

In Eastern Arabia (Arab states of the Persian Gulf)
Many Iranians moved to Arab States in order to pursue better economic opportunities. This included Larestanis. These Larestanis are often multilingual.

Etymology
The language is a branch of the Pahlavi language. This means that it shares the ergative structure of Pahlavi. It is also an analytical language. This can be linked back to its membership in the southwestern branch of Middle-Iranian languages.

Dialectal Variations in Lari
Lari has many dialects. These dialects correspond to Larestan's different towns. Examples of these dialects include Evazi, Lari, Gerashi, Khonki and Bastaki. These dialectical variations may present themselves through pronunciation. There may also be grammatical and word differences between the dialects.

Name Variations
There are different ways to refer to this language.

Khodmooni
In Arab states surrounding the Persian Gulf, Larestanis are referred to as Khodmooni'. This translates to "of our own kind".

Larestani
UNESCO mentions Larestani as a name for Lari. This name comes from Larestan, where the language's speakers reside. Etymologically, 'Lar' comes from 'Lad' which means "the origin of everything".

Lari
This language is commonly referred to as Lari. To reiterate, 'Lar' originates from 'Lad' which means "the origin of everything". It is also important to note that Lari can be used to refer to a dialect or a language.

Achomi
Native speakers often refer to their language as Achomi. There are different reasons for this name. One of them is the language's frequent usage of the [tf] consonant. The second reason originates from when Arabs began trading with Larestanis. This because Arabs called Larestanis 'Ajam', which means non-Arab. Therefore, Achomi is a variation of Ajam. Additionally, Achomi can be linked to Achom, which means 'I go'.